The judge who awarded more than $1 billion in damages to Apple against Samsung over patent infringement claims has pleaded for “global peace” from the two technology giants.

The companies had returned to a Californian court on Thursday, with Apple attempting to obtain a sales ban for Samsung’s products in the US, while also maintaining the size of the damages awarded by a jury in August.

After hearing lengthy arguments from counsel for the two manufacturers, Judge Lucy Koh asked: “When is this case going to resolve?”

Referring to tit-for-tat patent infringement lawsuits lodged by Apple and Samsung in around